IMPACT OF PARENTING STYLE AND PEER PRESSURE ON CRIMINAL PROPENSITY AMONG MALE AND FEMALE YOUNG ADULT

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IMPACT OF PARENTING STYLE AND PEER PRESSURE ON CRIMINAL PROPENSITY AMONG MALE AND FEMALE YOUNG ADULTS Aquamsha Fahim1 & Pragyan Dangwal2, Ph. D. 1

Research Trainee, M.Phil (Child and Adolescent), Amity University, Amity Institute

of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Lucknow, Amity University, Uttar-Pradesh. Email – fahim.aquamsha99@gmail.com 2

Assistant Professor, Amity University, Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences,

Lucknow, Amity University, Uttar-Pradesh. Email – pdangwal@amity.edu

Paper Received On: 25 APR 2022 Peer Reviewed On: 30 APR 2022 Published On: 1 MAY 2022

Abstract This paper attempts to study the effect of Parenting Style and Peer Pressure on Criminal Propensity of Young Adults and also attempts to explore whether there exists a gender difference. The research design used is Ex-Post Facto Research Design, Correlational in nature. The study consisted of 150 young adults, 83 males and 67 females, between the age ranges of 17 to 24 years belonging to Lucknow city. The results reveal that Authoritarian Parenting Style is significantly associated with high criminal propensity and Peer Pressure had no significant effect on criminal propensity of Young adults. However, none the variables predicted criminal propensity. The study found no significant gender difference on criminal propensity, parenting style or peer pressure.

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Introduction Criminology, is the study of criminal and deviant behavior. It is a part of sociology

that makes use of psychology, psychiatry, biology, economics, and anthropology amongst other disciplines to explain the causes of criminal behavior. Criminologists have been focused on determining the role of predisposing characteristics of the individual in the action of crime, over situational factors. There are two bases of explanation or approaches used to explain criminal behavior –

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